Jan

23

No Future: Vladimir Mau, RANEPA, Kirilenko, and the End of the Technocratic Dream in Russia

Suppose you are a reader of this blog/newsletter, and given that you are here, I assume you are. In

Jan 23, 2023

10 min read

Dec

26

Russia's Spookification And North Koreanization PT 1

This post is about Russian politics and ties together my thoughts over the past day, which I have already tweeted

Dec 26, 2022

4 min read

Dec

14

What Makes an EM?

Hi Readers, As some of you know, I teach a course on economic policies in emerging markets at Tufts' GBA

Dec 14, 2022

4 min read

Dec

08

Problems of an American Industrial Strategy I: Kindleberger's Dilemma and the Development State

Last week, I organized a conference on various dimensions of coordination in implementing an industrial policy as part of Berggruen's

Dec 8, 2022

6 min read

Jul

20

A Few Thoughts on the War

If you are a Russian reader or speaker, I highly recommend anything by Gleb Pavlovsky. Pavlovsky is a great observer

Jul 20, 2022

4 min read

Jun

22

Public Options as Industrial Policy

Ezra Klein published a column calling for a "liberalism that builds." More specifically, he endorsed Brian Deese's invocation of "industrial

Jun 22, 2022

11 min read

May

18

Putin's Return? To What?

On February 24, 2022, Russia’s forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That same day, many Russia watchers found

May 18, 2022

13 min read

Jan

05

Economic Issues in Emerging Markets

As requested on Twitter, here is my syllabus: Course Schedule 1. Concepts of Economic Growth Reading: Eva Szalay, “Pound Is

Jan 5, 2022

4 min read

Dec

31

A quick note on inflation and price controls

I am a loud and proud member of "team transitory"—I’ve argued that the recent spike in the Consumer

Dec 31, 2021

10 min read

Nov

15

Adolph Lowe and the Political Economy of the Traverse

Daniele Tavani and  Luke Petach have a working paper [https://postkeynesian.net/working-papers/2108/] out that has become one of

Nov 15, 2021

10 min read